About the Acetylene Movie

The acetylene movie involves footage taken outdoors that focus on the "Acetylene-Powered Trash Can Launch" experiment. This is a fun experiment which can be used to challenge young brains with a huge number of chemical concepts in a spectacular way. In classroom simulations and predictions are followed with live-in-the-field data collection. You can read the handout, read an html version, see results in a still frame sequence, or watch the movie.